More open and spacious, with expansive ceremonial buildings and squares, monuments, ornamental gardens, and wide boulevards lined with palatial residences. this describes which of the following?
a) landscapes of contemporary french urban cities
b) the rennaisance-baroque period
c) contemporary landscapes of the iberian peninsula
d) rural landscapes in contemporary europe

B) Rennaisance-Baroque period (especially the Baroque).

Explanation:

The Baroque was an artistic movement that looked for ornamentation, detail, luxury. The Baroque can be thought of as exactly the opposite to minimalism. A Baroque city is a city full of boulevards, palaces, statues, lamps, fountains, gardens. While a minimalist city is a city where only the essential is built.

The perfect example of a Baroque city is Vienna, whose historic center has all the characteristics described in the question. This is because Vienna was the capital of a very rich austrian empire, and the austrian emperors promoted art and architecture at that time.

b.

developed countries have tended to improve the environment, while developing countries have tended to damage it.